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No. 459,433. .Patentedflept. 15, 1891.

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UNITED STATES ATENT QFFICE.

HERBERT G. AVERY, OF ALBANY, NEWV YORK, ASSIGNOR TO \VALTER M. BROIVN,OF SAME PLACE.

INK-WELL FOR DESKS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 459,433, datedSeptember 15, 1891.

Application filed January 20, 1891. Serial No. 378,424. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HERBERT G. AVERY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Albany, in the county of Albany and State of 5 New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ink-Wells forDesks;and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference markedthereon,which form a part of this specification.

: The object of myinvention is to providean ink-well for desks, &c.

Figure 1 shows a vertical sectional viewof a desk-top, a pen-holethrough the same, a spring-retaining device, and an ink-well, the

retaining device and the ink-well being arranged to slide back andforth, so as to cause the ink-well to approach and pass under thepen-hole, and to recede therefrom, this figure showing the ink-wellclosed. Fig. 2 shows a similar view, butshowing the ink-well open-- 1'.e., its mouth directly under the pen-hole. Fig. 3 shows a plan view ofthe retaining device, which consists of aflat spring, formed as shown,having an opening through the same to receive the ink-well, and slots inone end thereof to receive screws or pins or other fastening devices,allowing of the spring and ink-bottle to be slid back and forth.

A full description is as follows: The desktop 1 has apen-hole 2 throughit. Under the desk-top the holding device 3, which preferably consistsof a flat spring, but which may not be a spring, if desired, is placedand is attached to the desk-top by screws or pins or other holdingdevices 6, said screws or pins preferably passing through slots 9 andholding the spring in engagement with the desk top, but loosely enoughso that the spring may be slid back and forth on the pins, and toaccomplish this sliding I form a finger-catch 7 on the end of thespring. Near one end of the spring I form an opening 8 to receive anink-bottle, said ink-bottle preferably having a flange around its top,as shown, and I form an ofiset in the spring just beyond the bottle, asshown at 5, so that the upper surface of the end 5 will lie level withthe mouth of the ink-bottle, but the ink-bottle may not have a flange ifdesired, and its mouth may not rise above the surface of the spring, inwhich case the forward end 5 of the spring need not be bent up as shown.The ink-bottle 4 is placed in position preferably by bending the springdown until the bottle can he slipped into the opening 8, and the bottleis I preferably removed the same way; but in case the holding device 3is not a spring then the screws or pin 6 may have oblong heads, and byturning the heads lengthwise of the slots 9 the heads will slip throughthe slots and the holding device 3, and the bottle 4 may be removed andput in place again and retained there by turning the heads of the screwsor pins crosswise the slots 9; but I do not confine myself to thismethod of fasten- 7o ing the holding device 3 to the desk and causing itto slide back and forth thereon, as any other means of fastening may beused,

if desired, that will produce the same effect without departing from thespirit of my invention, aslclaim,broadly, a movable fastening device assubstantially herein described.

The operation is as follows: The apparatus being in position as shown inFig. 1, the mouth of the welllies under the desk-top and away from thepen-hole andis covered by the desk-top, and the forward end 5 of theholding device 3 covers the lower end of the penhole 2, and it is thusclosed. When it is desired to open the well to use the same, the 8 handis placed under the desk, the fingerpiece 7 is seized, and the retainingdevice 3 and bottle 4 are pushed forward until the bottle 4: lies underthe pen-hole 2, as shown in Fig. 2. When it is desired to close thewell, the holding device and bottle 4 are pulled backward until theyassume the posit-ion shown in Fig. 1.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim is A desk-top having apen-1101c through it and an ink-well and holder for the same retainedunder the desk-top, the holder being arranged to move and carry theink-well to or from the pen-hole, for the purposes described. [00

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HERBERT G. AVERY. Witnesses:

J. F. HARRIS,

J. MUNHOLLAND.

